A copy was provided by Harlequin Australia in exchange for an honest review.BREATHTAKING UNDERWATWER COVER!!! Should've known better, right? To be fair, it wasn't particularly bad, but it was definitely strange and cliché.The book reminded me a lot of Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge (the 'kidnapping to be made a bride for the king' part) and Renegade by J.A. Souders (the 'underwater city surrounded by dark mysteries' part). Sadly, I did not like this book as much as I liked the two aforementioned...

Not at all what I expected. I was thinking as I started to read it, that here was yet another YA novel where the main character discovers she really is a mermaid. This was so much better as here is a strong female character (Miranda) who I don't want to see thrown to the sharks because she turns out to be a wimp. I'm now looking forward to book #2.

Ok so I thought it was a mermaid book at first, I was expecting this…But it turns out that it's an underwater civilization where everybody is human and apparently none of the women there are able to have children.Then the King, Marko, and his sister Sasha (I changed her name cause Sasha sounds more like an evil name) come up with the brilliant idea of kidnapping a girl from a beach and they send Marko’s best friend the lead guard and he gets the wrong girl because she was suppose to be 18 years ...

It's New Year's Eve, the eve of Captivate's official release date so I thought I'd pop in and wish you all a fantastic New Year with much love, laughter and prosperity!It has been a long road to publication, but an enjoyable one. Getting Captivate published with my dream publisher, Harlequin Teen Australia, and getting to share Miranda's story with you all is an absolute dream come true. I hope you enjoy reading Captivate. I love reading reviews and I'd like to thank readers and reviewers in adv...

The whole mermaid thing seems to be coming up more and more in books and I have been intrigued by it, but so far the books I've read weren't able to deliver.After reading Captivate I felt like half of the book was missing, there were so many holes in it and lack of explanation, description and development.First of all, kidnapping a girl to force her into marriage and conceiving children is never the right idea. Taking the wrong girl, since Miranda is only seventeen and not of age, is completely ...

This review is also posted on my blog, Anatea's Bookshelf. Let's talk about surprising! I must say that I only skimmed through the book description before I started reading it, thinking it is probably some paranormal book with mermaids in it. But this is NOT a paranormal book about mermaids, at least, there are no mermaids in this book, I can't say there won't be any mermaids in the next books in the series. What else is surprising about Captivate, I didn't expect it to be this good, but it was...

'But with each passing moment in these unfamiliar surroundings with all these strange people, and after eating all of these fish meals, I almost started believing that we were actually underwater.It was impossible, though; completely impossible.'Prepare to dive into an enthralling tale that will capture your heart and captivate your mind.Vanessa Garden's Captivate brings to life the YA genre, with a refreshing twist on what's going on in the ocean's mesmerising depths. With an underwater civilis...

I only just finished Captivate a short while ago and everything is still swirling around in my brain. Not sure where to start lol...Ok, well firstly the cover, well I'm sure we can all agree it's absolutely stunning! The story that lies within matches the cover to a T, which is awesome! This story was a different experience for me, from all the books I've read not alot revolve around the sea, especially an underwater city. An underwater city, could you even imagine it? ^_^Now to the story.... Mi...

Captivate is an ambitious novel, and although I saw a lot of potential in the blurb, I have to confess I'm mostly disappointed by it.Here is the premise of Captivate: Marko is the king of an under-water settlement of humans, and he's usurped his psychotic elder brother Damir's throne. His people can no longer reproduce, a side effect of living underground with no sunlight and other things that humans generally need to survive. His elder sister, and Damir's twin, suggests kidnapping a girl from t...

The PlotMiranda has a terrible secret, everyone around her dies.Miranda and her sister go for a midnight swim, her life is changed forever when a stranger drags her into an underwater city.Miranda is kept Captive and told that the fate of the city is resting on her shoulders, the women of Marin have become barren, and they need someone who is fertile to marry their young handsome King to produce a heir to the throne.The Romance A Love Triangle that is so up and down that you have no Idea which t...